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*DISCLAIMER: This is not about making money guys. I simply mention profit a wee bit. This is about trying to get an audience on Youtube.

Hey guys, I actually kind of feel really bad doing this, but I don't know what else to do. My two greatest passions are video making and gaming, and Youtube has always been the best way two combine those two. I love Youtube, and if Youtube is around my entire life, I'll probably be doing it my entire life. The problem is, I work very hard on my game reviews and other videos. I have to write scripts, record gameplay and commentary, edit the video, and wait for things to render. However, I have gotten very little attention on Youtube. I've been fortunate enough to have a few of my videos go viral earning 10,000+ views, but my average video gets around 50 views and I have a little over 1400 subscribers. Don't get me wrong, I'm very fortunate for what I have. Although, I can't help but want a bit more of an audience. I've been doing this channel for 3 years now, and I've been doing Youtube as a whole for 6 years. This has been by far my most successful channel, and again, I'm very thankful for that. Many discouraging things have happened to me though, because I've been on Youtube for so long, I've seen so many channels that I've helped out by promoting them because I thought they were really good, and then those channels go on to be Machinima partners and I'm left in the dust. I must admit though, many of these channels I think have MUCH worse content than me. I would also like to make myself clear, I'm by no means looking to work for Machinima, I hate that scumbag company, but what I'm asking for is for you guys and girls to just check out my Youtube channel, and ONLY if you genuinely like it, could you please give me a small shoutout on your channel. I make some money off of Youtube, but it is very little. I feel that if my channel gets a bit more attention, I could increase my profit by a good amount and use that profit to buy better recording and video editing equipment. My dream is to work in the film industry, and by combining my passion for film and video games, Youtube is really a privilege to have available to me. Again though, I have barely any resources other than my Macbook and a decent amount of video game experience, so any little bit of promotion you could give my channel would help an unbelievable amount. Thank you so much everyone, and happy gaming. :)

My Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSyrupCompany
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You want the truth.. :?: :( :? :) :wink: 8)
Wanna make a profit...No ones gonna give that to you.
Your gonna have to go get it,if your gonna earn it thats your own merit and if you dont you can only blame yourself cause you gave it back.
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TEKTORO wrote:You want the truth.. :?: :( :? :) :wink: 8)
Wanna make a profit...No ones gonna give that to you.
Your gonna have to go get it,if your gonna earn it thats your own merit and if you dont you can only blame yourself cause you gave it back.
You clearly did not read it much. You probably just skimmed over everything. Come on man, don't be a jerk, and don't take me for an idiot. I'm simply asking people to check out my channel and help me out a bit after 3 years on this channel and over 300 videos with barely any success.
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pankakes123 wrote:
TEKTORO wrote:You want the truth.. :?: :( :? :) :wink: 8)
Wanna make a profit...No ones gonna give that to you.
Your gonna have to go get it,if your gonna earn it thats your own merit and if you dont you can only blame yourself cause you gave it back.
You clearly did not read it much. You probably just skimmed over everything. Come on man, don't be a jerk, and don't take me for an idiot. I'm simply asking people to check out my channel and help me out a bit after 3 years on this channel and over 300 videos with barely any success.
Actually read it 3x dude,I actually watch your videos to help you out cause you ask for feedback.I dont think I was being a jerk.I understand your passion,but passion and profit dont go in the same sentence only if its the other way around.

example:I have a passion for XYZ,with a little help I could make a profit.
OR
I'm making a profit,why cause Iam doing XYZ and people like my passion which leads to my profits.

Idk maybe your not understanding me,but I promise you Im making sense or trying too.When I watched your videos I was really immpressed and could see your Passion but Im not gonna start throwing money at you.

This is starting to get all complicated,oh well to each their own.Good luck!
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TEKTORO wrote:
pankakes123 wrote:
TEKTORO wrote:You want the truth.. :?: :( :? :) :wink: 8)
Wanna make a profit...No ones gonna give that to you.
Your gonna have to go get it,if your gonna earn it thats your own merit and if you dont you can only blame yourself cause you gave it back.
You clearly did not read it much. You probably just skimmed over everything. Come on man, don't be a jerk, and don't take me for an idiot. I'm simply asking people to check out my channel and help me out a bit after 3 years on this channel and over 300 videos with barely any success.
Actually read it 3x dude,I actually watch your videos to help you out cause you ask for feedback.I dont think I was being a jerk.I understand your passion,but what passion and profit dont go in the same sentence only if its the other way around.

example:I have a passion for XYZ,with a little help I could make a profit.
OR
I'm making a profit,why cause Iam doing XYZ and people like my passion which leads to my profits.

Idk maybe your not understanding me,but I promise you Im making sense or trying too.When I watched your videos I was really immpressed and could see your Passion but Im not gonna start throwing money at you.

This is starting to get all complicated,oh well to each their own.Good luck!
Sorry, I didn't really catch your tone the first time. That's definitely a problem with the internet haha. :)

Anyway, thanks a lot for checking out my videos man! Also I think you misunderstood. Any profit I get is from ads, so I'm not asking for donations or anything, I'm just trying pretty much everything to get a bit more of a following on Youtube.
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looks like you got some decent videos their, but just lacking some retro games.
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AznKhmerBoi wrote:looks like you got some decent videos their, but just lacking some retro games.
Don't worry, I'll probably start some retro stuff this Summer. My Dazzle pretty much burnt out, and my HD PVR doesn't really feel like recording retro systems lol, so once I get a new dazzle I play on doing some retro gameplay stuff. For now, I can just do systems.
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Which one of your videos went viral? You should post it so that the forum, as an objective third party, can tell you what made that video work out as well as it did.

As you're well aware, video game reviewing is an incredibly crowded space because anybody with a digital camera, an internet connection, and the inclination to make videos can start up a Youtube channel. So while I'm glad you're not trying to be yet another AVGN clone, you've really got to have something that sets you apart. Off the top of my head, for example, I'd say that what sets Gamester apart is his reputation for showcasing truly rare objects on his videos.
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My advice

-Stop worrying about Youtube, you are a tiny goldfish in a vast ocean.

-Find genre specific sites to promote your videos on and upload/embed them there and see if you get some promotion through the bigger site.

-Then look into joining someone. Send out emails, enter contest, post in site blogs. Take the initiative

-Don't wait for your videos to make you money. Invest in good equipment, invest in a personal site (even if it just time in a blogger or Tumblr) and invest on promotions and if your content is good you may turn around a profit. Or you might never do that so just make it what you can and try your best.

I will also say this and I'm not trying to be mean I swear. It is really bad form to ask people to watch your stuff in hopes you can turn a profit, even if that is what you want. It just turns a lot of people away, people have enough issues with sitting through ads in front of videos. It doesn't matter how much you want them to watch only if they truly enjoy your work. The sheer mention of money makes people :?
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